Politico: Wall Street may back Hillary if Rand Paul gets the nomination

[Matt Collins]

 

[DFF]

Bill Clinton and George W Bush together completely trashed the US economy.

Consequently, who in their right mind would think that another "Clinton" or "Bush" is the fix for what's ailing the US?

Both these families are the poison, not the cure. We don't need more of them.

 

[Henry Rogue]

The article feels like a threat.

 

[Independent Republican]

These people gave us "Too big to fail", Jon Corzine, Obama, and Bill Clinton. I have about as much use for Big Wall Street as I do Big Government.

 

[otherone]

“Rand Paul still is a grass-roots phenom and a boardroom horror show.”


FUCK YEAH

 

[idiom]

Frankly, if Rand can get Silicon Valley on his side, I say let Hillary have Wall Street. It just makes the politics of the future vs. the politics of the past theme all the more apparent.

Where do you think Silicon Valley has their eternal bubble blowing IPO's?

 

[idiom]

Also, Holy hell:

Ted Cruz, whose wife works at Goldman Sachs

 

[anaconda]

As if "wall street" acts like an individual that decides to back one candidate. The whole premise is flawed

Exactly. I laughed at the premise of the title. However, if Rand is the Republican nominee, we will see an uncommon lopsidedness in Wall Street funding between the Republican and Democratic nominees. Hopefully West Coast Silicon Valley billionaire money will help Rand. Also, another thing I never hear talked about, is that a Rand Paul administration should help all of the medium sized businesses that are not at the government feeding trough. Seems like that could be a demographic that could donate lots of money.

 

[anaconda]

Bill Clinton and George W Bush together completely trashed the US economy.

Many people think of Bill Clinton as presiding over a decade of profound prosperity and optimism.

 

[helenpaul]

wall street always supports liberals.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

wall street always supports liberals.

Wall Street always supports people they can control. They couldn't control the Tea Party, so they got neocons to largely co-opt it and the GOP leaders to squash the rest in Congress. They couldn't control Occupy, so they got professional liberals to infiltrate it (attacks on the 1%ers got turned into 'tax the rich' attacks on the GOP), and laws constructed to stop extended encampments cold. It's not a left-right matter, it's the left white shoe and the right white shoe at work.

 

[osan]

Many people think of Bill Clinton as presiding over a decade of profound prosperity and optimism.

Many people are dumber'n boiled turnips.

 

[osan]

As if "wall street" acts like an individual that decides to back one candidate. The whole premise is flawed

This is a perennial human cognitive problem. Because people's lanaguage skills suck, as do their habits of thought, their thinking on the whole tends to be very sloppy, their perceptions skewed often wildly from good reason. Most seem to regard this as no big deal. It is a very big deal and it is nearly impossible to get anyone to change. It is good to see someone else notices and comments. Keep it up.

 

[anaconda]

Many people are dumber'n boiled turnips.

And they vote.

 

[jjdoyle]

And they vote.

By the millions.

 

[devil21]

By the millions.

Then complain when it's their turn to get shafted by the politician they voted for. "But he said he supported the 2nd Amendment! Why is he voting to ban my gun??"